Warwick vs Nautilus — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Warwick against Nautilus · 51.99% win rate over 1,533 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Warwick is favoured — Warwick owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Nautilus's 1. Warwick wins 51.99% of games vs Nautilus in top lane (1,533 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1WarwickLevel 1 is yours because Nautilus has feeble early damage and you control the wave freely.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 is even as both of you build toward a first spike and neither can commit a full combo.
Level 3WarwickLevel 3 favours you: Q reset plus Blood Hunt speed out-trades his single Dredge Line poke.
Levels 4-5WarwickLevels 4-5 stay yours since your sustain and burst outpace his low tank damage in every skirmish.
Level 6WarwickLevel 6 is yours because Infinite Duress suppresses through his shield and bursts him before his CC lands.
First itemWarwickFirst item favours you — your bruiser spike beats a tank whose damage hasn't scaled yet.
Two+ itemsNautilusTwo-plus items swings to Nautilus: full tank HP and a four-piece CC chain let him lock you down and win late duels.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 favour you — Nautilus is a slow tank with weak early damage, so you farm freely and mark him with Blood Hunt whenever he drops low.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Warwick vs Nautilus report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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